Virtual Reality Dominates E3

In a few pictures…

E3 is still going strong this week in Los Angeles and compared to last year, the presence of virtual reality hardware and games dominated the show floor. We wandered the show floor to capture just a few of the many VR companies exhibiting at E3 this week.

Both Sony’s Morpheus and Oculus had the largest VR presence at E3. At the Oculus booth, attendees were able to try out the latest consumer Oculus Rift by reservation only. The demo utilized the Xbox controller and allowed you to select from a number of new game titles. Oculus also showed off room scale tracking with their prototype Oculus Touch controllers in a private “developers” room.

Virtuix Omni was tucked away next to the giant Oculus booth but seemed to draw quite a few onlookers. Press went in and out all day breaking a sweat taking down targets.

Manus showed off their consumer VR glove with demos on a Samsung Gear VR. Manus consists of two gloves that come equipped with various sensors capable of offering accurate hand tracking from afar via Bluetooth.

Starbreeze showed of their StarVR headset with a sitting Walking Dead demo. You had to push aside a few actual zombies roaming the area, but was definitely worth a try.

Another notable mention is that Xbox is exhibited a Halo 5 demo experience with the Hololens behind closed doors. Participants were measured, fitted, and transported to a briefing room deck with holographic maps and waypoints appearing before their eyes.